Fan Shell Beach
Fan Shell Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Seal Rock, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
beach in Monterey County, California, USA
Wikidata Q49320672, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 3 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 5 mi
- China Lookout · 8 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bird Rock Park: 0.7 mi
- S F B Morse Botanical Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Arnett Park: 2.9 mi
- Forest Hill Park: 3.0 mi
- Forest Hills Park: 3.0 mi
- 2 Huckleberry Hill: 2.5 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 2.6 mi
- Devil Hill: 4.1 mi
- Big Dome: 4.3 mi
- Whalers Knoll: 4.5 mi
- Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve: 1.8 mi
- SFB Morse Botanical Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Huckleberry Hill Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Seal Rock: 0.4 mi
- Lone Cypress: 1.0 mi
- Asilomar Conference Grounds: 3.1 mi
- Walker House: 3.3 mi
- Glass Bottom Boat: 4.1 mi
- Center for Photographic Art: 3.4 mi
- Motorcycle Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 3.8 mi
- Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History: 3.9 mi
- Yadon Plaque: 2.2 mi
- The Christmas Tree: 2.8 mi
- Sunset Cultural Center: 3.4 mi
- Dr. Gary A. Kildall - IEEE Milestone In Electrical Engineering And Computing: 3.8 mi
- Sloat Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Moss Beach: 2.3 mi
- North Moss Beach: 2.7 mi
- Asilomar State Beach: 2.9 mi
- Carmel Beach: 3.0 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 4.0 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 1.4 mi
- Lover's Point Mural: 4.1 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 4.2 mi
- Otter Statue: 4.2 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 4.4 mi
- Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 5.2 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 6.1 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.3 mi
- Memory Garden: 4.3 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Fern Falls: 15.2 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 18.6 mi
- Firehose Falls: 20.9 mi
- Highbride Falls: 22.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 24.8 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 21.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Fan Shell Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam Mountain | SE 139° | 1,445 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SE 144° | 1,344 m | 16.9 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | SE 139° | 1,298 m | 19.9 mi |
| Little Pines | SE 139° | 1,266 m | 20.6 mi |
| Devils Peak | SE 145° | 1,261 m | 17.4 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SE 142° | 1,235 m | 18.5 mi |
| Pat Springs Peak | SE 142° | 1,233 m | 19.4 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | SE 136° | 1,200 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay, CA, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/346749881
Day trips start here
- Carmel · 3 mi
- Carmel Point · 3 mi
- Pacific Grove · 4 mi
- Monterey · 5 mi
- Seaside · 7 mi
- Marina · 12 mi
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